Dissemination Initiative

The Western New York Care Coordination Program (WNYCCP), with support from the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), has been offering an introduction to person-centered planning practices throughout upstate New York since the fall of 2005.

This "dissemination initiative" has included workshops on various topics related to transforming mental health care to a more person-centered, recovery-focused system. Past workshops have included:

This workshop, designed for clinical supervisors, reviewed person-centered approaches to developing behavioral health treatment plans with emphasis on documenting medical necessity for Medicaid billable services. The presenters were Neal Adams, M.D., Ph.D. and Diane Grieder, M.Ed., co-authors of Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care, The Road to Mental Health and Addiction Recovery.

Click here for the handouts from this program.

Transformation to a Person-Centered Recovery Focused System

This workshop focused on person-centered practices and system transformation, drawing on the experience of the WNYCCP and the first level of a comprehensive curriculum on person-centered practices Foundations of Person-Centeredness developed by the WNYCCP with Carol Blessing, LMSW.

Person-Centered Treatment Planning

This workshop looked at the application of person-centered approaches to the process of developing behavioral health treatment plans. The presenters are Neal Adams, M.D., Ph.D. and Diane Grieder, M.Ed., co-authors of Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care, The Road to Mental Health and Addiction Recovery.

Dissemination 2005

For more about the training that was disseminated across upstate New York in the fall of 2005, click the following link to Download Brochure (PDF-619 Kb).

For additional information on making person-centered planning training opportunities available to communities, mental health providers and systems, and peers and family members, please contact staff of the Western New York Care Coordination program.